Dear Friends! Since Friday is the beautiful start of the weekend, there is no other option than to start off by attending the film screenings we have planned for you. If you’re still wondering how to start the weekend, and the sixth day of the festival at the same time, here’s a little download below.
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Screening of the film “Silent Trees”, directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka (Kino Kijów, 19:00 +Q&A)
Runa, a 16-year-old Kurdish girl, had escaped from Iraq to avoid the attacks of ISIS and, together with her family, became stuck on the Polish-Belorussian border. Eventually, she managed to reach Poland, where she needed to grow up at an accelerated speed. Thanks to her animated drawings, the audience can discover more about her.
After the screening, join us for a Q&A with the documentary’s creators!
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The Krakow Film Festival in collaboration with the FINA National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute invite to the screening of a silent film ‘A Strong Man’ with live music. The film will be presented on the 35mm film from the FINA archive. ‘A Strong Man’ by Henryk Szaro is an adaptation of Stanisław Przybyszewski’s novel, a formal reference to German expressionism. This psychological drama presenting successive stages of an artist’s moral decline is one of the last Polish films of the silent cinema era, which was considered to be lost for almost 70 years. Live music will be performed by Piotr Orzechowski and Kuba Więcek.
A partner of the screening is the Silent Film Festival in Krakow. Partners: FINA Audiovisual Institute, Silent Film Festival in Krakow Admission by ticket
* Tickets can also be purchased through the website of Kino Pod Baranami.
“The Betrayed”, dir. Clive Gordon (Kino Kijów, 18:00)
On the 31st December 1994, 3500 men of the Russian Majkopsky Brigade were sent into attack Grozny. They were never seen again. “The Betrayed” is the story of their mothers’ search for their sons, a search that takes the women through the front line to the Chechen position. Abandoned by the Russian authorities who are seeking only to conceal the extent of the defeat, they place their trust in Kossov, a former Russian Colonel who is trying arrange an exchange of prisoners. But when Kossov’s agent Renat also goes missing and the Russians attack the neighbouring town of Samashki, Kossov is plunged helplessly into the full horror of a genocidal war directed against the civilian population. Jacek Petrycki received BAFTA Award for cinematography in this film.
“Nice Ladies”, dir. Mariia Ponomarova (Kino Pod Baranami, 19:30)
With the escalation of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the seemingly unbreakable bond of a vibrant cheerleading team of 50+ year old women called “Nice Ladies” is challenged. They face impossible choices between motherland and grandmotherhood, between staying and leaving. Core team member Sveta flees with her family to the Netherlands, while captain Valia and coach Nadia stay behind in the repeatedly bombed city of Kharkiv. Torn apart, the ladies try to keep contact to hold on to their sanity amid terror, heartbreak, and the plague of Sveta’s survivor’s guilt. Will the team be able to reunite, save their sisterhood, and find a common language through the emerging scars of war?
International premiere of the film “Joana Mallwitz – Momentum”, directed by Günter Atteln (Kino Pod Baranami Cinema, 19:30 +Q&A)
RuhollaThe eponymous character, who conducts the best European orchestras, says that the most important thing is to have a good team – both in the family and at work. Joana Mallwitz is filmed over the breakthrough period of two years when her son is born and her career considerably speeds up. The screening will be followed by a meeting with the filmmakers!
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11:00, Kino Pod Baranami, “Only Day And Night”, dir. Grzegorz Brzozowski
12:00, Kino Paradox, “Operation Mummy”, dir. Grethe Bøe-Waal
13:00, Kino Pod Baranami, “Kuba”, dir. Marcin Strauchold
14:00, Kino Agrafka, “Limits of Europe”, dir. Apolena Rychlíková
14:00, Kino ASP, “When Harmattan Blows”, dir. Edyta Wróblewska
14:30, Kino Pod Baranami, “Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird”, dir. Nicolas Jack Davies
16:00, Kino Agrafka, “Too Close”, reż. Botond Püsök (+Q&A)
16:00, Kino Kijów, “Jews by Choice”, dir. Justyna Gawełko, Tomer Slutzky
17:00, Kino Pod Baranami, “Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife”, dir. Alexandru Solomon
18:15, Kino Agrafka, “Distances”, dir. Matej Bobrik (+Q&A)
19:30, Kino Sfinks, “Everything Needs to Live”, dir. Tetiana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko
20:30, Kino Kijów, “Purga”, dir. Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė, Antanas Skučas | “Smiling Georgia”, dir. Luka Beradze (+Q&A)
20:45, Kino Agrafka, “Via Dolorosa”, dir. Rachel Gutgarts | “Bottlemen”, dir. Nemanja Vojinović
On the festival’s website you will find a list of all meetings and Q&As.
On ours is also a map of the most important festival venues and a list of partner cafes and restaurants. We would like to remind you that you can get a discount with Accreditation, you should show it before ordering. We invite you to share your impressions on our Facebook group.
We would like to remind you about the possibility of voting for the best films. The poll includes all films qualified for the competitions of the 64th Krakow Film Festival.
We encourage you to download zero tickets before the screenings. Free tickets can be downloaded on the site after logging into My KFF. Just go to the “Program” tab and using the filters search for the film you are interested in. Free tickets can also be picked up at cinema box offices after showing accreditation no later than 15 minutes before the start of the screening.
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